Panasonic’s 2013 LED and LCD HD television line up (part 2)

By Brandon Widder Published January 10, 2013

Panasonic has unveiled a veritable boatload of new products at CES this year. In addition to showing off a few ultra-thin 4K OLED TV prototypes you’ll never be able to own, the company also released a new line of LCD, LED, and plasma TVs coming to living rooms this year.

While OLED might be the future of display tech, Panasonic knows there’s still plenty of room for innovation in LED and LCD. If the picture quality on these models matches the appeal of their industrial design, this new generation is sure to turn some heads.

Check out the rest of them in part 1.

Brandon Widder

Former Senior Editor, Living Articles

Brandon Widder is a multimedia journalist and a staff writer for Digital Trends where he covers technology news, how-to…

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